4 Body Shaping Exercises To Do At Home

Dec 10
10:25

2014

Jon Allo

Jon Allo

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Some people don't like the idea going to gym where lots of other people are training or simply don't have the time to travel to and from the gym on a regular basis. Here are 4 home exercise workouts to get your body into shape.

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If you want to get more healthy,4 Body Shaping Exercises To Do At Home Articles lose some excess weight and get in shape without having to go to the gym, there are exercises that you can do at home. Some people don't like the idea going to gym where lots of other people are training or simply don't have the time to travel to and from the gym on a regular basis. Here are 4 home exercise workouts to give your body a full workout in the comfort of your own home.

1. Push-Ups.

Push-ups are one of the best exercises to do at home to build your stomach, arm, upper body and back muscles. When you do a regular push-up, ensure that you have the right form by placing your arms shoulder length while keeping your back totally straight like a plank. To make it more challenging, go to a regular push-up posture on the floor but put your hands together in a diamond shape form.

2. Jump Ropes.

Another good way to exercise at home is to use a skipping rope, or jump rope. Using a jumping rope exercises your arms, your legs and your cardiovascular system. It may take a little time learning how to exercise at home with a jump rope but you will be amazed at how quickly your technique will improve with this fat loss workout. If you don't have a jump rope you can just imagine that you're holding one and do the same actions.

3. Free Weights.

For the price of one month gym membership, you can buy some great equipment for your exercises to do at home. Resistance or strength training is often considered one of the best ways to lose weight because muscles burn more calories, even while they are at rest. When you have a set of weights you can do can do a whole variety of different exercises that you may normally do at the gym. This includes bell presses, deadlifts, shoulder presses, raises, rows, bicep curls and more to exercise almost every muscle in your body.

4. Squats.

Squats are probably the most popular exercises to do at home for the lower body. Your legs are the biggest set of muscles in your body. If you exercise your legs properly, you'll tone your lower body and your increase your whole metabolism. This will help you burn fat throughout your entire body. The most important thing when doing squats is to do them in a gradual and purposeful way, both going down and up. Your upward motion is just as important as your downward motion.